Dr Bahman Amini Horri is a lecturer of Chemical Engineering and the leader of the MSc programme “Batteries, Fuel Cells and Energy Storage Systems” at the University of Surrey. He is a consolidated researcher in hydrogen energy, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), and energy materials holding five US/European patents, 40+ papers in top-tiered journals, four book chapters, and 20+ presentations in national and international conferences.
Before joining academia, he spent seven years in the industry, working on cutting edge energy and materials projects, with developing and leading novel research in energy systems. He received his PhD from Monash University in Australia in 2012. He was then appointed as a lecturer at Monash University Malaysia in 2013, and subsequently joined the University of Surrey in 2016. At Surrey, he runs a research group focusing on hydrogen, fuel cells, and energy materials. He has recently developed an innovative water splitting technique for the production of green hydrogen.
His research interest mainly lies in the sustainable production of hydrogen and lowering the operating temperature of the solid oxide fuel cells through the development of new ceramic nanocomposites for both anode and electrolyte layers. He also has developed new approaches for the green synthesis of low-cost ceramic nanocomposites for SOFCs. With a multidisciplinary engineering and research background, he is also a chartered engineer and scientist (CEng and CSci) by IChemE.